PETRINA - singer, pianist and keyboardist, songwriter, composer and arranger, is one of the revelations of the independent Italian music scene.
Her debut album, in doma, distributed worldwide by Egea, features guests such as Elliott Sharp, Emir Bijukic, Amy Kohn, and Ascanio Celestini, and it is already provoking the enthusiasm of of all the specialized press and radio programs in Italy.
David Byrne has put, on the September playlist of his web radio, 2 songs from in doma. He put another song (an unpublished one) in the October playlist.
Petrina will receive the Indie-Pop Revelation Award during the MEI 2009 (Meeting of Independent Labels); the prize has been awarded by a jury of under 25.
Always in 2009 RaiRadio1 invited her for the festival Demo d’Autore as one of the 10 best Italian authors among the 1000 selected by the program Demo.
Even if in doma represents something entirely new in the Italian musical panorama, Petrina already has on her hands the victory of the Premio Ciampi 2007 for songwriting, and a row of collaborations and concerts all over the world.
In 2008 she was invited by Elliott Sharp to The Stone, John Zorn's club in New York City, where she performed in duo with drummer Mike Sarin.
In 2007 Petrina appeared in one of the most important clubs in S.Francisco, the Café du Nord, sharing the bill with Amy X Neuburg and Emily Bezar.
On the same occasion she performed contemporary music premieres and original music at Mills College (Oakland), temple of the West Coast avant-garde in the 60s.
Invited to the Roldán Theatre, in La Havana, by the Instituto Cubano de la Música, Petrina performed a program of 19th century cuban compositions, all reinvented and rearranged. On that occasion she gave an interview for the historical Radio Progreso.
She has also been invited to the Conway Hall in London, to play premieres by Morton Feldman. In that occasion she was also choreographer and dancer, while playing the piano.
In Italy she has performed in diverse venues, from classical and contemporary (she collaborates with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto), to avant-garde, to jazz, to rock stages. Here is a list of the most important of the last year:
the Teatro La Fenice, with a premiere by Bruno Maderna;
the Fondazione Cini in Venice, with premieres by Nino Rota;
the avant-garde festival The Piano Hour Series of the Concentus Musicus, in Florence, as composer and improviser at the prepared piano;
the Carambolage in Bolzano, one of the most respected jazz clubs of Northern Italy;
the New Conversation Jazz Festival, in Vicenza;
the stage of MEI 2008 (Indipendent Label Meeting);
the IX edition of the prestigious Just Like A Woman Festival (Savona);
the Woman In Villa Festival, in Villa Manin (Codroipo).
the Festival della Creatività, in Firenze, one of the most famous events in the city.
She has made recording premieres of music by Morton Feldman for an independent American label (Early and Unknown Piano Pieces, OgreOgress) and took part in the A Call for Silence curated by Nicolas Collins for the Sonic Arts Network (UK).
She is often hosted at several national radio and TV networks: RaiRadio3 (live concerts and programs, such as Battiti, Il Terzo Anello and La Stanza della Musica), RaiRadio1 (awarded by the program Demo, which promotes new music), and Tg2 (Mizar dedicated her a program).
Petrina has also been featured on the Radio Nazionale Ungherese, and on the Italian independent radio network: Radio Popolare in Milan (Canzoni, by Enrico Caselli, and Prospettive Musicali, by Alessandro Achilli), Radio Città Futura in Rome, Radio Città Del Capo in Bologna, Radio Capodistria in Trieste, and Controradio in Florence (Il Popolo del Blues, conducted by Ernesto De Pascale), and Radio LifeGate in Milan (RockFiles, by Ezio Guaitamacchi).
JAM (November) - Creativa come Laurie, femminile come Tori, giocosa come le Cocorosie, ecco la pianista padovana che ha stregato il David Byrne dei Talking Heads. As creative as Laurie, as feminine as Tori, as playful as the Cocorosie, here is the pianist from Padua who has bewitched David Byrne of the Talking Heads.
WONDEROUS STORIES (October) - Come sia possibile che un’artista così eclettica ed innovativa possa debuttare discograficamente nel pieno della sua maturità compositiva (e per giunta autoproducendosi) è un enigma...Non ho dubbi: una delle migliori uscite del 2009. How is possible that an artist so eclectic and innovator can debut (in a record-making) at the height of her musical maturity (and what's more, producing herself), is an enigma...No doubts: one of the best releses of 2009.
EMOZIONI (September) - Debora Petrina è un prodigio musicale italiano con una moltitudine di talenti. Debora Petrina is an italian musical prodigy with a moltitude of talents.
RARO (September) - autrici come Debora Petrina dialogano disinvoltamente con la musica del mondo. Authors like Debora Petrina dialogue confidently with the music of the world.
IL MANIFESTO (September) - toni ironici, spiazzanti che risultano di straordinaria fattura tra rock, vintage e futurismo. Voto: immenso. The tones, ironic and catching us unprepared, result of extraordinary workmanship, between rock, vintage and futurism. Vote: immense.
ILMUCCHIO (July/August) - è un genio. Tanta esperienza alle spalle, un sacco di idee a illuminare il presente e il futuro. She is a genius. Much experience behind her back, a lot of ideas to illuminate the present and the future.
BLOW UP (June) - Petrina è certamente fra le artiste più originali e deliziosamente visionarie di questi ultimi tempi. Petrina is without doubt among the most original and deliciously visionary artists of these last years.
IL MUCCHIO (June) - un piccolo capolavoro di estro, gusto e coraggio. A little masterpiece of inspiration, taste and courage.
ROCKERILLA (June) - un insolito, esuberante talento musicale che affonda delicatamente solide radici in un fecondo terreno formato dal suo background classico. An unusual, exuberant musical talent which delicately digs solid roots, in a fertile ground formed by her classical background.
STILE (June) - Petrina riporta nella sua musica il ritmo del nostro tempo. Petrina brings back the rhythm of our time in the music.
ALL ABOUT JAZZ (May) - Un luccicante impasto sonoro fatto di stili comunicanti, precipitosi cambi di direzione, colpi di coda e richiami al passato tramite suoni moderni. Voto 3,5 su 4 A sparkling sound-mixing of communicating styles, hasty changes of direction, masterstrokes and calls to the past through modern sounds. 3,5 on 4
BLOW UP (May) - troppo impertinente per essere sexy, troppo sensuale per non darci l'impressione di ridere alle spalle di chiunque pensi di averne capito il segreto. Voto 8 su 10 Too much impertinent to be sexy, too sensual to not give us the impression that she's laughing behind the backs of everyone who's thinking to have understood her secret. 8 on 10
JAM (May) - i paragoni non sono sufficienti a descrivere la sua musica. Voto 3 su 4. The comparisons are not sufficient to describe her music, each piece is declined in a different and unexpected way. 3 on 4
RUMORE (May) - il ritratto di un talento irrequieto. A portrait of a restless talent.
ROCKERILLA (May) - un album memorabile. Voto 8 su 10 A memorable album. 8 on 10
BEAT MAGAZINE (May) - un manifesto di avanguardie contemporanee. Voto 7 su 10 A musical manifesto of contemporary vanguards. 7 on 10
ROCKIT (May) - l'esperienza colta, il jazz, il drum'n'bass, il blues, il progressive, il pop, il Nick Cave delle murder ballads. Classical, jazz, drum'n'bass, blues, progressive, pop, the Nick Cave of the murder ballads.
INDIE-EYE.IT (July) - meticolosa e perforante ricerca durata una carriera intera per Debora Petrina. Meticulous and piercing research throughout Debora Petrina's entire career.
LIVEROCK (June) - cosa succede quando una dissennata creatività si scontra con un eclettico talento? probabilmente avviene un grande “boom!”, nasce un disco come quello di Petrina. What happens when mad creativity meets an eclectic talent? probably a big "boom!" takes place, an album like Petrina's one is born.
ITALIAN EMBASSY (May) - personale biglietto da visita di questa farfalla delle note che illustra una grande impressione di libertà above la semantica musicale. Personal business card of this butterfly of the notes, who depicts an impression of great freedom above the musical semantics.
ONDAROCK (June) - scritto, cantato, suonato e prodotto da Petrina, sta e rimarrà come uno degli elevati risultati dell’arte del pop italico. Written, sung, played and producted by Petrina, it is and it will remain one of the highest results of the italian pop art.
Cara Debora, con un po' di ritardo ma in modo pubblico volevo ringraziarti per aver partecipato il 7 novembre al mio spettacolo 1000 CANZONI CHE CI HANNO CAMBIATO LA VITA.
La tua performance è stata graditissima dal pubblico di Spazio Musica tanto che, anche nei giorni seguenti, ho ricevuti complimenti per la tua grazia interpretativa e per l'originalità degli arrangiamenti di grandi classici del rock.
Come ho avuto già modo di scrivere su JAM e di raccontare ai miei ascoltatori di LifeGate sei davvero uno dei talenti più speciali della nuova musica italiana.
E per questo, ho votato il tuo album IN DOMA come miglior album di debutto nel referendum di MUSICA & DISCHI.
Mi auguro davvero che le nostre strade artistiche e professionali si possano incrociare presto.
thanx for the add,jump on my space to listen my music when you want! take a listen to the ZERO P:M version of the David Bowie classic "DJ"(PAKY DI MAIO electro version)on my player and leave a comment if you like it. big hug P :-)
complimenti per la tua perfomance al festival della creatività! ti ho vista su youtube perchè suonavo anch'io quella sera. finalmente qualcuno dice cose interessanti!brava!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INCLUDING MYSELF IN YOUR LIST OF FRIEND. I AM MADE HAPPY BY MUCH THAT YOU LIKE MY WORK, FOR MY IT IS ALL MY LIFE AND MY VIDA'S DESIRE. MY PAINTING IS A PURE IMAGINATION AND THE MUSIC DIVIDES ELLA'S. REGARDS FROM MALAGA-ESPAÑA PACOMELENDEZ
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